Carlina vulgaris   Carline Thistle

 

 

C

 

DD

 

N

 

This is a very common plant on the dunes of Newborough but its high summer flowering period is deceptively short.  You see the tight buds for ages before the flower actually opens in July/August and by the end of September or even before it is finished with no hangers-on.

Newborough Warren, 13th August 2001

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